Why passkeys are a step back for personal security: examining account lockout risks, platform lock-in, hardware key limits, and fragile recovery flows.
In my experience you’re more likely to find a sticky note on the desk with passwords than someone using a password manager, 2fa, or an ounce of ‘common’ sense.
My current employer will not authorize the use of a password manager. I have a key fob for my Microsoft account, and another account does phone verification. I use one password. If they don’t want to put the effort in for account security then neither do I. I use a password manager for nearly all my other accounts.
Maybe 5 or 10 years ago, but who doesn’t use a password manager these days? They generate random passwords and remember them for you
Do you know any non tech people, especially over 40? Literally none of them uses a password manager.
Most of the non-techy people I know use the password manager built into their Web browser at the very least.
https://xkcd.com/2501/
Huh I thought it was going to be the correcthorsebatterystaple comic
In my experience you’re more likely to find a sticky note on the desk with passwords than someone using a password manager, 2fa, or an ounce of ‘common’ sense.
My current employer will not authorize the use of a password manager. I have a key fob for my Microsoft account, and another account does phone verification. I use one password. If they don’t want to put the effort in for account security then neither do I. I use a password manager for nearly all my other accounts.
So we should be using passkeys to access our password managers that generate random passwords and remember them for us! Ultimate protection.